Carrier for groups of articles



May l, 1945'. N. A. PETTER CARRIER FOR GROUPS OF ARTICLES Filed Feb'. 15, 1945 nnnnnnnnnnnnn mmm mnnnn mnnnnnnnnnn l threaded ttings the Patented May l, 1945 UNITED PATEN T optics encarna Aron GRoUPsoF ARTICLES.

Neel. All Petter, LOS Angeles Clalify applicati@ February 15, 11943, serialNo. 475,943

'ljhis invention relates to, a rudimentary holder, or carrier, toy assist .in packaging groups ofv small articles for shipment? Although thel invention can be practiced in connection with the'shipment of articles of diierent shape or size, it is expected tobe most useful when employed in theconstruction of holders4 for groups or sets of similar articles. 4

the shipment of breakable articles or small articles such as iittings,` having threaded parts, or delicate parts that must be protected, it is impractical to pack them' so that they have too muchl freedom of movement. In the case of threads jured. For this reason, `it has been the practice where such threadsI threads by placing iiber tubes portions of the threads;

One of the objects of the( present invention is to provide a holder, or carrier,` forthe articles such as those suggested above, whichr will disd r `l5 are exposed, to protect the i over the exposed pense with the necessity for employing ibertubes for protecting `the threads. d

A'further object of theinvention is to provide a carrier for such articles, havinga construction which will employ a minimum amountV of material, and which yet will operate as a. Substantial protection for the articles held in the. carriers.

A further object of the invention is to produce a carrier of simple construction, employing. a minimum amount of material,` but which readily adaptsitself for holding. or carrying articles of different special shapes Vor designs.

Adfurther object o the invention is to provide a` carrier of this kind, with a wallhaving sockets through which the articles to be carriedmay be thrust, and to constructthe Wallin such a way im@ es of eig. 4,

that the material of the wall adjacent the sockets,

isutilized tol assist in retaining the articles in the sockets.` V l A further object of the invention4 is to provide a package or carrier for the articles, which will facilitate the inspection of the articles carriedV thereby. 1 l

lurther` objects oftheinvention` will appear hereinafter. d" r The invention consists inv the novel parts Yand combination of parts` tc. be described hereinafter, all of lwhich contribute to produce@ an'` eflicient carrier for groups ot articles. d n

A` preferred emloodiment` of the` invention is describedin the followingA specification, while the broad scope o f the invention is. pointed out in ille-appendedclaima Inthe drawing:

of the articles `will be `that illustrated i holds the carrier in 5, claims. (o1. 20e-65) Fig. 1 isa perspective of a simple form of carrierembodying my invention. `'Ihis view illus-4 trates a `single article carried in its socket, or

pocket. d d d l l Fig. 2 is an end elevation of a plurality of carriers such as illustrated in Fig. i, and the relation they will have when packedA orstacked ready to be placed'in a carton or container for shipment. This viewis to illustrate `how projecting portions d protected by the adiacent carriers. r l l v Fig. 3 is a `plan of--one end off the carrierillustrated in Fig. l, upon an enlarged scale andi broken d away. A portion of.n the `wall of4 the `loodyis broken away at the extreme end of this View to illustrate how the edges of 'the sockets operate vto assist' in holding the articles in the sockets. l

Figs. 4, `5-and 6 illustrate another type ofcar rer embodying thev invention and adapted to carry a small threaded'tting having a. nut-like point on its length,4 and the socket wall forms sockets to receive the articles. rlf'his viewalso `illustrates a telesccping sleeve which holds` the carrier `in its closed position. d i

` Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the carrier illustrated` in Figfl, andin this View the! sleeve is illustrated in dotted lines.` d f Y Fig; 6 is a vertical section taken about onthe located at one of thepockets or rudimentary cells in-which one of thearticles d `On each side ofA this cell the carrier is broken away. L

Fig. 7- is' an end `elevation with certain parts broken away, andthis view illustrates'an embodiment of' the invention somewhat similar `to necessary `to protect or house within the carrier;` In this view a telesccping sleeve is illustrated in dotted lines. `This sleeve its closed condition.

Fig.8` is a side elevation of the carriershown in Fig. 7; broken away and illust-rating one of; the articles in position in its pocket. f

i Figs. 9 and 10 illustrate another embodiment widely dierent widths or dimensions. Fig.l Qris of the holder niustrated in rig. 3.

`in a machine shop,

a plan of this type of carrier with the cover por' tion broken away to expose the pocket wall or socket wall which is cut and scored to adapt the carrier to hold an article shaped somewhat similar tothat illustrated in Fig. 8, but in which the articles have two widely different transverse dimensions.

Fig. 10 is a section taken on the line Ill- Ip of Fig. 9, and also shows a portion of the carrier in side elevation. Both ends of this view are broken away.

Fig. 11 is a plan of one end of a carrier of special construction, but embodying this invention. This view illustrates a slight modification in the means employed for protecting the projecting end of the article, and illustrates how the invention may be employed to adapt the carrier for holding a relatively long thin article such as a stern, having a thread on its end which must be protected.

Fig. 12 is a vertical section taken about on the line I2-I2 of Fig. 11, and further illustrating the construction of this type of carrier.

Fig. 13 is a fragmentary view showing one end This view illustrates in detail a feature that may be employed to stiien the holding flaps.

Referring more particularly to the parts, and particularly to Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, the carrier comprises a body I preferably made of light board such as cardboard, and this body is most conveniently made in one piece bent around somewhat as indicated, so as to present a rear jwall 2 and a forward wall 3, the materialV of the forward wall having an integral extension that overlies an adjacent edge of the material to form an extension or iiange 4 that extends longitudinally throughout the entire length of the carrier. The wall 3 is provided with spaced slits 5, and cross slits 6 at the adjacent dihedral angles for this wall 3, and at these slits the articles such as the threaded stem 1, are thrust into the carrier from the exterior. In doing this, tongues between the transverse slits are forced inwardly to produce flaps 8 somewhat as illustrated in Fig. 3. The edge of these flaps engage the thread on the stem 1, and will prevent it from becoming dislodged. This carrier lled with articles such as the stem 1, operates as a convenient rudimentary holder for a set of such articles, and in order to facilitate a separation of diiierent numbers of the articles when distributing them for use from a tool room I prefer to provide the carrier with a plurality of transverse score lines or weakened lines 9 on which portions of the carrier can be readily torn away when desired.

In using these carriers, they are preferably stacked together in the manner indicated in Fig. 2. An inspection of this view will show how the outer edge of each extension 4 abuts up against the rear wall 2 of the adjacent vertical tier of the carriers. In this way the projecting portion of each article 1 is carried, as it were, down in a channel or depression I below the upper walls I I of the carriers. A pack or stack of these carriers assembled as indicated in Fig. 2, can be readily packed into the carton or container into which they will fit, and when so packed, the articles are eiciently held against movement that would permit them to strike each other and mar their threads. i

In- Figs. 4, and 6 I illustrate an embodiment of the invention in which the article such as the double-threaded nipple or connector I2 is inserted by a lateral movement into its socket, or

pocket I3 (see Fig. 6). In this embodiment of the invention the upper wall I4 of the body of the carrier, is provided with a plurality of transverse slits I5 with weakened lines, or score lines I6, located equidistant from the same so that when the article is pushed down into the carrier at the slit I5, the material at the score line I6 will break down like a hinge joint, and enable the material on each side of the slit to form two flaps I1 projecting down on each side of the article, and engaging it on opposite sides, and the pressure of these flaps assists in holding the devices or articles in their sockets, or pockets. If the article includes threaded nipples such as the threaded portions I2 already referred to, then if desired, slits may be formed at the points I8 (see Fig. 5) that will permit the portions of the flaps I1 adjacent the threaded nipple I2, to move inwardly independently, forming'small flaps I9 as indicated in Fig. 5. These flaps can be made to project over the threaded nipple I2 so as to hold the article in place, but if desired, the carrier can be provided with a freely movable flap or outer cover wall such as the wall Illa (see Fig. 6), which can fold down across all of the pockets I3 so as to make the retention of the articles doubly secure. This cover wall Ida, preferably includes an end extension, or tuck 20, which may overlie the for ward wall 2l of the carrier; and a sleeve 22 may be telescoped over the entire carrier to hold this flap in place. Preferably there would be a sleeve 22 slipped over each end of the carrier.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I illustrate another embodiment of the invention in which the article 23 to be carried in the carrier, is in the form of a ntting somewhat similar to that illustrated in Fig. 4, but provided with a lateral extension 24. In this case the pocket wall, or socket wall 25 of the carrier, is constructed substantially similar to the corresponding wall of the carrier illustrated in Fig. 4, but the body of the carrier is formed with an integral extension 26 (see Fig. 7) that extends upwardly at one side and practicallyv constitutes an extension of the back wall 21 of the holder. As shown in Fig. 7, this extension is formed of two plies of the material out of which the holder is formed, and one of these plies has a freely movable extension 28 which is capable of folding down to a closed position as indicated in Fig. '1, so as to overlie the articles in the holder, being provided with an end tuck 29 that overlies the front wall 3G of the holder. And in this closed position of the cover extension 28, a sleeve similar to the sleeve 22 can be slid over the ends of the holder. This sleeve is indicated by the dotted lines 22a in Fig. 7.

If it happens that the article to be held in the .pockets4 in the pocket wall, has diierent lateral dimensions, this can be accommodated in the manner indicated in Fig. 9. In this view, 3| indicates the pocket wall, and it i's provided with a plurality of spaced transverse slits 32 and cross slits 33 intersecting these transverse slits 32. These slits 33, although referred to as cross slits, extend longitudinally with the carrier. Atthe ends of the cross slits 33, transverse score lines 34 are provided, andv at each side of the slits 33.score lines 35 are provided. Slitting the wall 3I in this way enables the tongues 36 between the slits 33, to break down into the box in the manner indicated in Fig. 10, while the material on the outer sides of the slits 33, will break down to form tongues or aps` 31 to engage the portion of the article that has the reduced lateral dimension.

In Figs. 11 and l2 I illustrateV an embodiment of the invention, which is particularly adapted for vertical plane.

carrying a. plurality of lelongated articles such as stems,

receive the tip 44 ot the stem. This ap 45, or extension, should project slightly beyond the extreme end of the tip 44. When these carriers constructed as illustrated in Figs. `11 and 12, are packed in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2, the back wall 46a of each carrier would abut against the edge of the ap 45, and possibly against'the end of the stern 38 at this point. When packed in a box in this way, the flaps will hold the stems 38 against lateral movement in a horizontal plane, and also against lateral movement in a In forming iiaps such as the ilaps Il or similar aps such as could be formed in connection `with slits such as theslits and 6 of Fig. 1, vide inclined, or curved, score lines 48 in which the slits 5 in the Wall and 6 are formed. These this same way.

Many other embodiments of this invention may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is: 1. A carrier for body portion with i 3 the body substantially as far as the articles project, a freely from the planeof said pockets, and a sleeve for over the end of the carrier for holding said freely movable extension in its closed position.

outwardly beyond said wall.

3. A carrier for holding a group of articles,

pockets formed therethrough, each pocket opersaid body portion having an extension projecting therefrom substantially as far as said articles project from said wall, said body also having a freei ly movable extension juxtaposed on the outer side of said rst-named extension andcapable of eX- tending across the outer ends of the projecting portions of said articles so as to retain the same in their pockets, said freely movableY extension having a tuck at its free end juxtaposed upon a wall of said body portion remote from said firstnamed extension.

i 5. Acarrier constructed as defined in claim 4, including a-sleeve telescoping over the carrier for holding the freely movable extension in its closed position.

NOEL A. PETTER. 

